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(No Model.)

J. A. COREY.

. SAW HANDLE.

No. 442,361. Patented Dec. 9, 1890.

Y .5 m m N AM F 2-? 2w ii I f B w f a N m 5 y E m W UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

JOHN A. COREY, OF ROOKVILLE, RIIODE ISLAND.

SAW HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 442,361, dated December9, isoo.

Serial No. 331,020. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN A. Conny, of 5 Rockville, in the county of\Vashington and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Saw-Handles, of which the following, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of saws callec crosscut -saws,which are usually furnished with a handle at each end, and is animprovement upon my I'nited States latout No. 407,333.

The object of this invention is to make a strong inexpensive handle thatcan be easily, readily, and securely attached to the sawblade when it isrequired for use and easily and quickly removed when not in use, and isfully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, making part hereof.

Figure 1 is a view of the handle. Fig. 2 represents a portion of thesaw-blade with the openings for the studs of the handle to enter. Fig.shows the position of the sawblade and handle in putting them together.Fig. 4 is an end view of the lower end of the handle-plate, and Fig. 5is an end view of the saw-blade. Fig. 6 shows a longitudinal section ofpart of the saw-blade, taken through the hole The upper portion of thehandle D is constructed in the usual shape, and preferably of wood, tothe lower end of which a flat plate, preferably of metal, is attached,either by having a tang forged 011 its upper end to enter a hole in thewood or by a socket made in the upper end of said plate to receive thelower end of the wooden part of the handle. This lower plate part of thehandle has a T- stud a riveted or otherwise firmly fastened to it, andanother studb is in like manner at tached to the same plate nearer itsupper edge. The T-stud a has an oval fiat-topped head, with a neck ofproper length to receive the thickness of the saw-bladev The saw-bladeC, Fig. 2, has two openings f g made through it near its end and at thesame distance apart as the two studs a b are in the handle D. Theseopenings f g are of the same shape but slightly larger than the heads ofthe studs (0 b, so the latter when in right position will pass readilythrough them.

In Fig. 3 I have shown the mode of attaching the handle to thesaw-blade. The handle is held horizontally to bring the head made ovalin a direction transverse .to the line of the handle of the T-stud a inthe same vertical position as the oval hole 9 in the saw-blade is, andthrough which it is then passed, and the plate l'lOldlllQ, the stud isbrought up close to the saw-blade, bringing the oval head of the stud(6- clean through the saw-blade. The handle is then turned up into theposition shown by the dotted lines D in Fig. 3, bringing the oval headof the stud in a transverse position to the oval hole g, so that it willnot pull out. The stud Z), as it passes the end of the saw-blade,springs it off (as the head of l the T-stud prevents the two fromentirely separating) sufficiently to allow it to pass, the edge of thesaw-blade being beveled off (see Fig. 5) to facilitate the operation,and when the stud 0 reaches the hole fit will spring in and hold thehandle firmly from any change in position while the saw is worked backand forth in use.

The handle is removed, when desired, by springing off the saw-blade fromthe handle suificiently to allow the stud b to be turned with the handledown to a horizontal position, when the T-stud can be removed from theopening g, and the handle will be clear from the saw-blade.

Having thus described this my improvement in saw-handles, I claim Thecombination of the handle D, with the oval-headed stud a and stud b,with the sawblade 0, having the opening fand oval opening 9 madetherein, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses,on this 12th day of November, A.D. 1889.

JOHN A. COREY.

Witnesses:

H. T. PERRY, 11. B. PERRY.

